January 30th
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- How does fame from writing the Vindication of the Rights of Woman affect Wollstonecraft’s family life?
- What do you think of Wollstonecraft’s decision to temporarily adopt a child?
- Who was Joseph Barlow and why was he important to Wollstonecraft?
- Who was Henry Fuseli and why was he important to Wollstonecraft?
- Do you agree with Lyndall Gordon’s reading of the reason behind Wollstonecraft’s decision to move to Paris in the winter of 1792?
- What is Wollstonecraft’s conception of reason in the Vindication of the Rights of Men? How does it relate to her conceptions of God and morality?
- Do you agree with Wollstonecraft that “among unequals there can be no society”? (p. 39)
- What is the significance of Wollstonecraft’s contrast between the “Gothic” castle and the “lighthouse”? (p. 42)
- How does Wollstonecraft intersect race, class, and gender in her critique of the aristocratic culture and politics defended by Burke?
- What is Wollstonecraft’s response to the problem of evil? How does she use it as a basis for her theory of social and political justice?
- Is the ending of the Vindication of the Rights of Men hopeful or cynical in its political vision?
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Botting, E. H. (2007, February 22). January 30th. Retrieved February 12, 2012, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/political-science/mary-wollstonecraft-and-mary-shelley/discussion-questions/january-30th.
